Photos: WWII Marine vets head to Washington for V-J Day ceremony

Updated 6:56 am, Friday, August 14, 2015

From left; Sal Famularo, Dr. Tom Smith and Frank Varone talk about the upcoming wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Glenmont, N.Y. (Phoebe Sheehan/Special to The Times Union) less

From left; Sal Famularo, Dr. Tom Smith and Frank Varone talk about the upcoming wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Glenmont, N.Y. (Phoebe ... more

Frank Varone talks about the upcoming wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Glenmont, N.Y. (Phoebe Sheehan/Special to The Times Union)

Frank Varone talks about the upcoming wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Glenmont, N.Y. (Phoebe Sheehan/Special to The Times Union)

From left; Sal Famularo, Dr. Tom Smith and Frank Varone talk about the upcoming wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Glenmont, N.Y. (Phoebe Sheehan/Special to The Times Union) less

From left; Sal Famularo, Dr. Tom Smith and Frank Varone talk about the upcoming wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, in Glenmont, N.Y. (Phoebe ... more

ALBANY - The Patriot Guard Riders and three World War II Marine veterans who were part of the historic battle on Iwo Jima, are on their way to Washington for a special wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns.

The trip which started in Albany on Thursday is part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Japan's Aug. 14, 1945 surrender to end World War II.